December 12, 2009 •
Media Economics, Newsroom Management •
by Kate Nacy
Editor & Publisher, a century-old magazine chronicling the peaks and valleys of the newspaper industry, will slip from the media landscape by the end of this year. The small magazine, serving 10,000 subscribers and 800,000 unique...
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November 29, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
Despite the delicate financial state of the news media, jouralism schools seem to be thriving. In fact, the education sector is perhaps the only area of journalism maintaining a healthy business model. In an article published in The...
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November 28, 2009 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
As 2009 comes to a close, the various problems afflicting the newspaper industry have hardly subsided, although several plans aimed at improving the state of affairs were spawned. Pay walls, micro-payments, cost-cutting initiatives, online...
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November 12, 2009 •
Business Models •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, 3/2009 In the mid-90’s, Mark Willes introduced controversial structures to rescue the Los Angeles Times, yet in the end arduous opposition brought him down. Had his strategy been implemented, however, today’s crisis may not be...
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November 5, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 10 + 11/2009 American journalism is in a “protracted moment of painful change,” and “both its business model and its sense of mission are in full retreat.” How might journalism regain its relevance, asks...
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August 5, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, 3/2009 The U.S. media crisis delivered a crushing blow to many newspapers. In Europe, an increasing number of print publications hang in jeopardy, yet European publications may not be threatened by the same disaster as those in...
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June 4, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Die Furche, May 28, 2009 In his latest book, American media activist Robert McChesney envisions a dark future for American newsgathering. The author devises a U.S. government demanding “the reduction of international reporting, the...
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May 27, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 4 + 5/2009 Which business models will finance quality journalism in the future? A look at strategies from the U.S. How are journalists to survive? Plans to rescue journalism from Wall Street’s grasp are...
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March 10, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Die Furche, February 6, 2009 David Montgomery threw in the towel. The “locust investor” was recently forced to sell a portion of his press empire, including flagship publication the Berliner Zeitung. Meanwhile, the Chicago Tribune and...
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